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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
London County Council 1910
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]
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| Metropolitan borough. | Corrected phthisis death-rates per 1,000 persons living (1901-1910). | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1901. | 1902. | 1903. | 1904. | 1905. | 1906. | 1907. | 1908. | 1909. | 1910. | |
| Lewisham | 0.92 | 1.10 | 0.85 | 0.93 | 0.88 | 0.87 | 0.96 | 0.90 | 0.83 | 0.58 |
| Hampstead | 0.93 | 0.90 | 0.72 | 0.86 | 0.86 | 0.69 | 0.72 | 0.81 | 0.67 | 0.65 |
| Paddington | 1.07 | 1.04 | 1.02 | 1.19 | 0.94 | 1.14 | 1.05 | 1.01 | 1.13 | 0.87 |
| Wandsworth | 1.16 | 0.95 | 0.93 | 1.11 | 1.01 | 1.00 | 0.97 | 0.96 | 0.95 | 0.87 |
| Greenwich | 1.22 | 1.28 | 1.22 | 1.48 | 1.38 | 1.37 | 1.20 | 1.32 | 1.19 | 1.16 |
| Deptford | 1.23 | 1.11 | 1.44 | 1.52 | 1.28 | 1.37 | 1.50 | 1.25 | 1.40 | 1.34 |
| Stoke Newington | 1.32 | 1.22 | 1.26 | 1.69 | 1.32 | 0.99 | 0.90 | 1.07 | 0.90 | 0.97 |
| Kensington | 1.34 | 1.20 | 1.22 | 1.39 | 1.14 | 1.30 | 1.10 | 1.04 | 0.96 | 0.80 |
| Hammersmith | 1.40 | 1.43 | 1.47 | 1.37 | 1.17 | 1.27 | 1.24 | 1.26 | 1.13 | 1.09 |
| Fulham | 1.42 | 1.47 | 1.49 | 1.55 | 1.35 | 1.28 | 1.37 | 1.34 | 1.39 | 1.15 |
| Battersea | 1.51 | 1.34 | 1.38 | 1.51 | 1.46 | 1.38 | 1.35 | 1.32 | 1.37 | 1.19 |
| Islington | 1.51 | 1.48 | 1.42 | 1.57 | 1.27 | 1.25 | 1.36 | 1.30 | 1.30 | 1.20 |
| Camberwell | 1.51 | 1.61 | 1.28 | 1.42 | 1.30 | 1.35 | 1.40 | 1.20 | 1.35 | 1.22 |
| Hackney | 1.52 | 1.49 | 1.34 | 1.46 | 1.20 | 1.40 | 1.23 | 1.34 | 1.33 | 1.20 |
| Chelsea | 1.60 | 1.39 | 1.45 | 1.72 | 1.47 | 1.58 | 1.55 | 1.31 | 1.54 | 1.24 |
| Lambeth | 1.65 | 1.70 | 1.40 | 1.47 | 1.39 | 1.41 | 1.60 | 1.50 | 1.50 | 1.27 |
| Westminster, City of | 1.67 | 1.59 | 1.49 | 1.33 | 1.34 | 1.25 | 1.22 | 1.13 | 1.23 | 1.03 |
| St. Marylebone | 1.71 | 1.76 | 1.78 | 1.56 | 1.34 | 1.50 | 1.39 | 1.06 | 1.30 | 1.08 |
| St. Pancras | 1.78 | 1.86 | 1.78 | 1.86 | 1.47 | 1.82 | 1.63 | 1.57 | 1.65 | 1.33 |
| Woolwich | 1.79 | 1.54 | 1.51 | 1.76 | 1.61 | 1.45 | 1.33 | 1.34 | 1.32 | 1.14 |
| Bermondsey | 1.85 | 1.90 | 1.80 | 2.23 | 1.86 | 2.08 | 1.98 | 1.97 | 1.87 | 1.86 |
| Poplar | 1.89 | 1.83 | 1.82 | 1.84 | 1.63 | 1.67 | 1.45 | 1.51 | 1.40 | 1.51 |
| London, City of | 1.92 | 1.41 | 1.45 | 1.33 | 1.15 | 1.54 | 1.75 | 1.47 | 1.53 | 1.32 |
| Stepney | 2.22 | 2.00 | 2.30 | 2.31 | 1.88 | 1.91 | 1.72 | 1.79 | 1.93 | 1.54 |
| Shoreditch | 2.24 | 1.89 | 2.40 | 2.30 | 2.02 | 2.14 | 2.16 | 2.10 | 1.84 | 1.58 |
| Finsbury | 2.26 | 2.31 | 2.27 | 2.52 | 2.07 | 2.22 | 2.44 | 2.27 | 2.38 | 1.82 |
| Bethnal Green | 2.35 | 2.17 | 2.31 | 2.36 | 2.22 | 2.45 | 2.12 | 1.74 | 1.71 | 1.60 |
| Holborn | 2.43 | 2.65 | 2.59 | 2.45 | 2.49 | 2.16 | 2.17 | 1.81 | 1.94 | 1.85 |
| Southwark | 2.48 | 2.61 | 2.42 | 2.46 | 2.20 | 2.16 | 2.15 | 1.99 | 1.93 | 1.91 |
The following table shows the number of deaths from phthisis at several age-periods in each of the 6anitary districts.
| Metropolitan borough. | Phthisis—Deaths at the several age-periods in sanitary areas—1910 (365 days). | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0- | 5- | 10- | 15- | 20- | 25- | 36- | 45- | 55- | 66- | 75- | 85and upwards | All Ages. | |
| Paddington | 4 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 26 | 27 | 26 | 13 | 10 | - | 1 | 128 |
| Kensington | 3 | - | 3 | 8 | 18 | 30 | 37 | 23 | 23 | 5 | - | - | 150 |
| Hammersmith | 1 | - | 3 | 10 | 15 | 28 | 31 | 22 | 15 | 7 | 2 | - | 134 |
| Fulham | 5 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 39 | 49 | 26 | 18 | 6 | 3 | - | 173 |
| Chelsea | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | 19 | 15 | 21 | 17 | 8 | 1 | - | 85 |
| Westminster, City of | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 32 | 51 | 33 | 35 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 189 |
| St. Marylebone | 6 | 1 | - | 2 | 9 | 20 | 32 | 33 | 20 | 17 | - | - | 140 |
| Hampstead | - | 1 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 16 | 6 | 7 | - | - | 56 | |
| St. Pancras | 8 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 27 | 65 | 60 | 58 | 47 | 25 | 1 | 311 | |
| Islington | 14 | 2 | 6 | 21 | 34 | 96 | 72 | 82 | 53 | 17 | 5 | 402 | |
| Stoke Newington | 1 | - | 2 | 1 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 13 | 3 | 2 | - | - | 51 |
| Hackney | 8 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 23 | 65 | 53 | 49 | 30 | 14 | 2 | - | 264 |
| Holborn | 5 | - | 2 | 3 | 4 | 22 | 32 | 24 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 108 | |
| Finsbury | 6 | 2 | - | 3 | 12 | 23 | 41 | 33 | 27 | 15 | - | - | 162 |
| London, City of | - | - | - | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | - | 28 |
| Shoreditch | 13 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 41 | 40 | 38 | 21 | 6 | — | —- | 172 |
| Bethnal Green | 10 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 15 | 42 | 48 | 35 | 20 | 2 | 2 • | — | 189 |
| Stepney | 15 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 50 | 80 | 109 | 81 | 39 | 12 | 3 | - | 415 |
| Poplar | 5 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 18 | 44 | 53 | 46 | 37 | 19 | 2 | - | 238 |
| Southwark | 17 | 3 | 6 | 20 | 28 | 66 | 95 | 71 | 53 | 10 | 2 | - | 371 |
| Bermondsey | 10 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 14 | 41 | 72 | 35 | 25 | 9 | 1 | - | 225 |
| Lambeth | 16 | 5 | 4 | 26 | 34 | 78 | 83 | 81 | 40 | 18 | 3 | - | 388 |
| Battersea | 1 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 27 | 41 | 42 | 38 | 18 | 9 | 1 | - | 198 |
| Wandsworth | 5 | 2 | 7 | 20 | 31 | 60 | 54 | 38 | 23 | 13 | 2 | - | 255 |
| Camberwell | 8 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 34 | 64 | 75 | 62 | 45 | 10 | 3 | - | 325 |
| Deptford | 2 | - | 5 | 6 | 9 | 25 | 35 | 38 | 18 | 5 | - | - | 143 |
| Greenwich | 7 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 14 | 21 | 16 | 19 | 10 | 5 | 1 | - | 107 |
| Lewisham | 4 | - | 3 | 7 | 10 | 19 | 24 | 12 | 7 | 4 | - | - | 90 |
| Woolwich | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 14 | 26 | 41 | 20 | 15 | 8 | - | - | 139 |
| London | 179 | 49 | 88 | 278 | 503 | 1136 1307 | 1078 | 690 | 284 | 42 | 2 | 5636 | |